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Traditional Medicine and AIDS

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dc.contributor.authorBodeker, Gerard
dc.contributor.authorKabatesi, Donna
dc.contributor.authorKing, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorHomsy, Jacques
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T13:11:06Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T13:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2000-11
dc.description.abstractThe note looks at the work of a regional task force in East, and Southern Africa, established on April 2000 to coordinate activities related to the widespread use of traditional medicine, by people with HIV/AIDS in the region, and on the role of traditional healers in AIDS prevention. The high costs, and scarcity of many essential drugs, including antiretroviral drugs in Africa, means that most people affected by the epidemic, use traditional herbal treatments. At the same time, various agencies, and nongovernmental organizations were leading the development of partnerships between biomedical, and traditional health sectors. Clinical data on herbal treatments effective against herpes, and HIV-associated chronic diseases have been cited, as was preliminary data on herbal medicine that seems to increase CD4-cell counts, conducive to improvements in HIV-related illnesses. However, mutual misunderstanding between modern, and traditional practitioners, and weak organization of healers, contribute to the marginal status of traditional medicine. On reviewing efforts, the Global Initiative For Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health accepted the responsibility to lay the foundation for a network of researchers, to build a research program to identify, assess, and develop safe local treatments against HIV/AIDS.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/1671234/traditional-medicine-aids
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10812
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10812
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIndigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 26
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES
dc.subjectDRUG INDUSTRY
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectDISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL
dc.subjectBIOMEDICAL CHEMICALS
dc.subjectMEDICINAL PLANTS
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectINFECTIONS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectRESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subjectAIDS PREVENTION
dc.subjectCHRONIC DIARRHEA
dc.subjectCLINICAL TRIALS
dc.subjectCOLLABORATION
dc.subjectDRUGS
dc.subjectHEALERS
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV PREVENTION
dc.subjectINFECTIONS
dc.subjectISOLATION
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectMEDICINAL PLANTS
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMODERN HEALTH
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectREGULATORY MECHANISMS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL HEALERS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectUNAIDS
dc.titleTraditional Medicine and AIDSen
dc.title.alternativeMedecine traditionnelle et SIDAen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.disclosure2002-01-25
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:33:28.583530Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/1671234/traditional-medicine-aids
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.guid482191468003569483
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08534e7fa_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1671234
okr.identifier.report23438
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/01/25/000094946_02011604011382/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.sectorHIV/AIDS
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::HIV AIDS
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.unitAFT: Knowledge & Learning (AFTKL)
okr.volume1 of 1
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